66 years ago, Bar-B-Buns received the patent for their Toas-Tite maker. They produced a variety of models in Cincinnati, OH. Boy and I own more Toas-Tites than I care to admit and I’m still amazed when we get emails from other Toas-Tite owners who have some Toas-Tite goodness I’ve never seen before. Amanda is no exception. While […]

Over the years, Boy and I have heard from various folks who are lucky enough to own one of the very rare electric Toas-Tite makers. Brad G. from Illinois is one of those fortunate few. He was kind enough to send us some pictures of his unit and lots of fun details on how it […]

One of our readers, Tamar Yaron, recently reached out to us with her plan to set up a fleet of mobile carts to sell sandwiches.  Tamar is looking for folks who might be interested in helping her business get off the ground. I want to set up a cooperative of mobile carts or trailers or […]

Joe and Deborah reached out to us quite some time ago.  They have an electric Toas-Tite in their family!  Deborah’s family had five in their restaurant and one of those has stayed in the family.  Joe reported that “that one has been traveling the country…spending a year or two at a time with each of […]

Emma and Rosemary are twin sisters who have fond memories of making Toas-Tite sandwiches after school in the ’50s.  They originally found us back in 2009 and we have loved every one of their comments.  Now here we are in 2013 and Boy and I have been so tardy on actually trying out one of […]

Since it’s Valentine’s Day, we want to share our love.  Boy has one amazing sister and a fabulous brother-in-law.  I have a wonderful brother, a dazzling sister-in-law, and a brilliant little sister.  Our siblings, who we love a million times over, are the inspiration for this Toas-Tite sandwich.  Why, you ask?  Boy’s sister and brother-in-law […]

Any time Boy and I go on a road trip, our go-to is Mexican.  I think I’ve Yelped “burritos” more than almost anything else when we’re on the go. So of course, it was high time we posted a quick recipe for burritos and quesadillas. Burrito Toas-Tite Ingredients 2 flour tortillas 2 tbsp of rice […]

One day, I got an email from Sur La Table that they were having a sale.  One of the items on sale caught my eye immediately.  It was the Babycakes Pie Pop Maker. I had to have it. The manufacturer describes it as, “The Babycakes pie pop maker bakes sweet and savory bite size pies […]

On the theme of catching up with emails and recipes from readers, here’s a lovely one we received from Michelle. After seeing the article about the newly re-minted Toas-Tite I got very nostalgic as my mother had at least one and gave one to me when I got married, 44 years ago. I still have […]

After sharing with us some of her family history with Bar-B-Buns and the Toas-Tite, we are so lucky to be able to post some photos of Sondra’s own electric unit and even more of her story. From Sondra: My brother reminded me today that our Dad was the last person left on the line assembly at […]